Editor: Hubert de Foresta
IRD, UMR AMAP
CIRAD - TA A51/PS2
Boulevard de la Lironde
34398 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
Tel +33 (0)4 67 61 75 88
Email:hubert.de.foresta@ird.fr
FORESTS, TREES AND LIVELIHOODS
Editor: Hubert de Foresta
(Chargé de Recherche à l'IRD), UMR AMAP, CIRAD -
TA A51/PS2,
Boulevard de la Lironde, 34398 Montpellier Cedex
5, France. Email: hubert.de.foresta@ird.fr
Web site: http://www.foreststreesandlivelihoods.co.uk
Forests, Trees and Livelihoods originated in 1979 under the name of the International Tree Crops Journal and adopted its new name in 2001 in order to reflect its emphasis on the diversity of tree based systems within the field of rural development. It is a peer-reviewed international journal publishing comments, reviews, case studies, research methodologies and research findings and articles on policies in this general field in order to promote discussion, debate and the exchange of information and views in the main subject areas of-
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL IMPORTANCE OF TREES AND FORESTS FOR PEOPLE
- including their cultural significance, potential for enhanced livelihood benefits and the alleviation of poverty
NON TIMBER FOREST PRODUCTS AND SERVICES DERIVED FROM FORESTS
THE MANAGEMENT OF NATURAL AND SEMINATURAL FORESTS AND PLANTATIONS FOR ENHANCED LIVELIHOOD BENEFITS
- including indigenous tree and forest management systems
TREES
AND COMMON POOL RESOURCES IN LAND USE AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
POLICIES, INSTITUTIONAL ISSUES AND IMPLEMENTATION OF
RURAL DEVELOPMENT FORESTRY
The Editor encourages submission of sets of manuscripts for Special Issues focusing on one or another of the above subject areas. For Special Issues, the initiator of the submission will act as the Guest Editor. Special Issues may be composed of manuscripts initially presented at international conferences and reworked according to “Forests, Trees and Livelihoods” standards. They may also be composed of original manuscripts focusing on a specific thematic and requested by the Guest Editor.
The Guest Editor will work at all stages in close collaboration with the Editor, including in:
- taking the responsibility of the selection of the manuscripts,
- identifying, and corresponding with, the reviewers,
- corresponding with the authors until manuscripts have been reviewed, revised and are ready for typesetting.
All editorial correspondence concerning the journal, and all books for review, should be sent directly to the Editor.
Subscription rates per volume of four issues, postpaid; USA US$299. elsewhere £159. Special introductory rates for individuals who warrant the journal is for their own use, order direct from the publisher, post paid USA $139, elsewhere £69. Subscriptions and non-editorial correspondence should be sent to AB ACADEMIC PUBLISHERS, PO Box 42, Bicester, Oxon OX26 7NW, UK email: jrnls@abapubl.demon.co.uk